'Seconds' on TCM last night

[bandi]

The 1966 movie 'Seconds' was on Turner Classic Movies very late last night.
This movie is unmistakedly and without a shadow of doubt, about the topic that has drawn all of us here to this site.
I'm still stunned.

[P(D)enny La(i)ne]

Feb 28, 2010 3:25:35 GMT -5 bandi said:

The 1966 movie 'Seconds' was on Turner Classic Movies very late last night.
This movie is unmistakedly and without a shadow of doubt, about the topic that has drawn all of us here to this site.
I'm still stunned.

Looks great! I just added it to my Netflix queue.



www.imdb.com/title/tt0060955/

"The devil takes the form of Will Geer, a seemingly benign old man who carries about him a hint of malevolence that, while never tangible, lurks beneath every word and expression as he persuades the hapless Hamilton to enter into the fatal bargain with nothing more than a (metaphorical) mirror held up to his face. Geer is CEO of an anonymous corporation - a cliched device to depict hell on earth these days, but a fresh idea in those days - that processes selected candidates for 'rebirth' - a total overhaul of their appearance and life that requires total severing of all links with their past life.

After an intriguing start during which John Randolph, as the character who will eventually be transformed into Rock Hudson, is enticed into attending a mysterious meeting by a friend he thought to be dead, the pace slows considerably - but to good effect. Rock Hudson gives a career-best performance as the transformed 'Tony Wilson', skilfully capturing the increasing sense of isolation and despair his character feels as he comes to realise that he is just as trapped in his new existence as he was in his old.

John Frankenheimer's direction is perhaps a little erratic in this film; it veers from short, sparse scenes that so effectively describe Wilson's dissatisfaction to long over-indulgent sequences such as the wine-pressing and cocktail party scenes. Greatly adding to the tense and doom-laden atmosphere of the movie is James Wong Howe's superlative cinematography."

[JoJo]

Found the original thread regarding "Seconds":

invanddis.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=2580&page=1

Been a while since I've seen it, (got the DVD sitting on my shelf) but yeah.. Mind blowing. The moral of the story seems to be, be careful what you wish for, and second, making a deal with certain types of people can lead to unintended consequences..